Face and voice identity matching accuracy is not improved by multimodal identity information.

Identity verification from both faces and voices can be error‐prone. Previous research has shown that faces and voices signal concordant information and cross‐modal unfamiliar face‐to‐voice matching is possible, albeit often with low accuracy. In the current study, we ask whether performance on a fa...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:British Journal of Psychology Vol. 116; no. 2; pp. 367 - 386
Autores principales: Smith, Harriet M. J., Ritchie, Kay L., Baguley, Thom S., Lavan, Nadine
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell May2025
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=184403781&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ssf
    uiTerm: 184403781
    longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00071269
        BJP
      jtl: British Journal of Psychology
      issn: 00071269
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: May2025
      vid: 116
      iid: 2
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
    artinfo:
      ui:
        184403781
        10.1111/bjop.12757
      ppf: 367
      ppct: 19
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: C
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 780KB
      tig:
        atl: Face and voice identity matching accuracy is not improved by multimodal identity information.
      aug:
        au:
          Smith, Harriet M. J.
          Ritchie, Kay L.
          Baguley, Thom S.
          Lavan, Nadine
        affil:
          NTU Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
          School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
          Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
      su:
        Recognition (Psychology)
        Group identity
        Task performance
        Forensic sciences
        Attitude (Psychology)
        Research evaluation
        Auditory perception
        Face perception
        Thought & thinking
        Evaluation
      sug:
        subj:
          Recognition (Psychology)
          Group identity
          Task performance
          Forensic sciences
          Attitude (Psychology)
          Research evaluation
          Auditory perception
          Face perception
          Thought & thinking
          Evaluation
      keyword:
        cross‐modal
        face
        matching
        multimodal
        unimodal
        voice
        cross‐modal
        face
        matching
        multimodal
        unimodal
        voice
      ab: Identity verification from both faces and voices can be error‐prone. Previous research has shown that faces and voices signal concordant information and cross‐modal unfamiliar face‐to‐voice matching is possible, albeit often with low accuracy. In the current study, we ask whether performance on a face or voice identity matching task can be improved by using multimodal stimuli which add a second modality (voice or face). We find that overall accuracy is higher for face matching than for voice matching. However, contrary to predictions, presenting one unimodal and one multimodal stimulus within a matching task did not improve face or voice matching compared to presenting two unimodal stimuli. Additionally, we find that presenting two multimodal stimuli does not improve accuracy compared to presenting two unimodal face stimuli. Thus, multimodal information does not improve accuracy. However, intriguingly, we find that cross‐modal face‐voice matching accuracy predicts voice matching accuracy but not face matching accuracy. This suggests cross‐modal information can nonetheless play a role in identity matching, and face and voice information combine to inform matching decisions. We discuss our findings in light of current models of person perception, and consider the implications for identity verification in security and forensic settings.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: N
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N